jpmatlack

Hello!
 
Lately, it has become very difficult for a large number of JWFanners who enjoy watching this show, and want to discuss it each week, to do so in the existing show thread.  This is largely due to a steady stream of negative opinions being posted in that thread, often the same criticisms over and over again.
 
This has led to some JWFanners feeling like they cannot even post their thoughts at all, as they will only see them picked apart and made to feel like they have to defend their opinions.
 
To combat this problem, I am creating this appreciation thread, where those of us who like the show, and want to discuss it freely without the haters ruining the flow of conversation, can do so.
 
This does not mean that only extremely positive commentary is allowed here; I want people to free to share what they like and don't like about individual episodes.  But you should be overall getting enjoyment out of the show to post in this thread; if you are hate-watching this show, and want to spend effort posting all the ways it disappoints you, you can still do so in the existing thread (as long as the forum's rules are adhered to).
 
Any posts that go against the spirit of this thread will be delt with swiftly!  Nobody is being censored here, the original thread exists for you to share your hate!
 
Those of us who like the show, have at it!
 
 

Do you English at all?  Because saying it’s a miracle to not have a bunch of meddling by executives and others is no where near saying that the music itself is miraculous…

I'm watching the show with my mom (she loves medieval/fantasy shows like GoT, Vikings, etc), and she's pissed now that she knows that there's only 2 episodes left (we haven't watched the seventh yet). Actually, she got even more annoyed when I told her that we'll need to wait for 2 years for the next season. 
 
Netflix really made people more prone to binge an entire show at once, instead of just waiting months for the next 8-10 episodes.

I’m convinced he’s just trolling us at this point. 

Mondo is charging $25 for the double-CD season album; I could see them charging $60 for a box set of the 8 episode albums

Thank you, that's really validating for me. I didn't know about forums like these back when Shore's LotR score was the center of discussion (mostly before Doug's book), so getting to be part of the dialogue for this one has been fun 
 
Now I really wanna hear the song though XD

Bravo @Monoverantus you got the lyrics right only from the melody! Great job. Your insight into the score has been invaluable and has gone a long way in getting us to appreciate it. 

Got it correct word for word, congrats
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0BFW6LF2K?do=play&trackAsin=B0BFVY635Z&ref=dm_sh_btz1FSq0htB5qz7s2DFXU1WaA
 

The joke around in Fellowship of Fans is that I'm pedantic... 

We're talking about the same thing, who cares what we're calling it?

Any criticism you may levy will just elicit "you need to wait all five seasons to have the whole picture!" from the ROP apologists.

I don't care about apologists or detractors. Waiting to form an opinion isn't a social strategy, it's how I consume art.

I highly recommend you watch one of the superb fan edits of the Hobbit. Never go back to the disaster of the trilogy…
 
There’s a video on YouTube with deepfake versions of Cate Blanchet and Hugo Weaving de-aged. They actually highlight how good the new actors portray these two characters in line with the films. 

May your sacrifice in the face of such grief be long remembered. “Greater love has no man than this: that he lay down his life for his friend.”  Surely your self-giving will speed you to the shores of the Blessed Lands. 

So maybe 0:00-0:39 of "Nolwa Mahtar" is actually from episode 7 or 8, then, since the rest of the track is identical to the end of "The Siege in the Southlands" from Episode 6.
 
And while Bear considers this a "theme", he wrote no concert arrangement for it.
 
EDIT: Oh!  He probably wrote 0:00-0:39 to be in the end credits of episode 6!  That explains everything.
 
The first 3 minutes of The Mystics track will probably show up in episode 7

The edits on album are certainly subtle and extremely well done. They're only more evident when you compare them to the show as closely as I do.
 
Although again, we're looking at less than 5 minutes of unreleased music in 7 1/2 (ish) hours of score. Very first world problem.

Yes TolkienSS is willfully twisting himself to misinterpret everything Bear says in as negative a light as possible

Do you English at all?  Because saying it’s a miracle to not have a bunch of meddling by executives and others is no where near saying that the music itself is miraculous…

Do you English at all?  Because saying it’s a miracle to not have a bunch of meddling by executives and others is no where near saying that the music itself is miraculous…

The only thing that's clear is that he's very excited about the project and he considers it as a life dream come true. I would be excited as well if I were in his place. The rest is only in your imagination.
 
 
He obviously said very clearly that 1) the miracle is that he had a complete control over the presentation of the music, and therefore 2) if anyone doesn't like his music in the show, they should consider him responsible, and not blame anyone else or production choices. It's simply a complete assumption of responsibility. The rest is only in your imagination.  
 

Do you English at all?  Because saying it’s a miracle to not have a bunch of meddling by executives and others is no where near saying that the music itself is miraculous…

Every time I scroll through these Rings of Power threads, my first thought is always John Cusack shaking the drunk friend in Say Anything screaming "YOU MUST CHILL!  YOU MUST CHILL!"
 
 

How is it possible to misread to such an extent so quickly? I said I wouldn't use Richard Wagner as an example to talk about Bear McCreary's music. 
Not anywhere did anyone say Bear compares himself to Wagner.
 
However, it's clear from the way he talks about himself that he thinks very highly of himself.
 
Can you imagine Howard Shore or any other composer of dignified stature going on an online colloquial about how miraculous his music is and how people who don't like it should come at him because f them?

Literally nobody said he was taking it as "just a job". You're making stuff up in order to keep this wagon fort mentality up, that this show is seemingly intentionally building.
 
This idea, that a grown up man, in his professional environment, executing the most expensive job of his profession's history, would feel insecure enough to take time out of his day in order to stick his tongue out at critics of his music, is just juvenile.
 
This is a perfect example for why professionals should use social media for their business, and for their business only.
 
What a snowflake.

I don’t disagree either. Fanboys and haters appear to me to be two sides of the same coin.